West End Stockholders Plan Stock Swaps and Growth
The West End Street Railway Company met to exchange old stock for new preferred shares with four constituent lines. Exchange ratios range Metropolis 14 to 4, South Boston 14 to 1, Consolidated 153 to 68, Cambridge 11930 to 1. New par value set at 50, total old shares 91500 replaced by 125000.
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West End Street Railway Company
West End
Metropolitan
South Boston
Consolidated
Cambridge
South Boston Road
American Loan and Trust Company
Nly
Metropolitan Railroad Company
South Oston Railroad Company
Cambridge Street Railroad Company
Boston Consolidated Street Railway Company
Elmer P. Howe
Richards
West End Company
Whitney
Boston
Eacon Street
Metropolitan Railroad
Arron Street
Roxbury
Devonshire Street
Fey
Darrison Avenue
Fasex
Kingston
Otis
Franklin
Federal
Milk Streets
Postoffice Square
Water Street
Devonshire
Mail and Local Trains Collide at Farmingdale Siding
A Maine Central collision at Farmingdale siding between the No 19 east bound mail train and west bound local passenger train injures several. One woman passenger severely cut, engineer Leavitt seriously hurt, conductor Jewett scalp wound. Both engines smashed, road undamaged. recovery estimates put loss under $10,000.
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Gardiner
Maine Central Railroad
Farmingdale Siding
James Leavitt
Waterville
John Jewett
Portland
Flyingankee
Gardner
Augusta
Lewiston
Maine Central Company
Summer Musical Festival Opens With Large Attendance
The fourth annual summer festival of the New England Musical Festival Association opened in Were New Hampshire with a large attendance. Conductors are H. G. Blaisdell of Concord and G. F. Hillslander of Boston. Noted artists include Mrs Maud M Stark Weather Miss Jennie Verne Holzo and Mrs Marie Hester of Boston Dr W B Riley and Dr B F Rix of Lowell. A 200-voice chorus led a grand rehearsal. The festival runs four days.
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Were
N. H
New England Musical Festival Association
H. G. Blaisdell
Concord
G. F. Hillslander
Boston
Maud M. Starkweather
Jennie Verne Holzo
Marie Hester
W. B. Riley
B. F. Rix
Lowell
Cambridge man committed for stabbing death
Phillip Preem was committed to jail in Cambridge on a charge of causing the death of Ludwig A. Kries by a knife stab on July 3. A hearing is scheduled for next Monday. Preem formerly served in the French army in Alwierin.
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Naricx
Phillip Preem
Cambridge
Ludwig A. Kries
Preem
Alwierin
Colby University Alumni Exposition Details and Necrology
Heat reduces attendance at Colby junior exhibition as ten young scholars perform. Alumni program features oration on Professor Hamlin by F W Bakeman and a long necrology list of Colby graduates with birth and death data from 1834 to 1889. The Rev Philip Moxom delivers an oration on education’s end, stressing manhood and social responsibility.
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Warrevilte
Colby University
E. Forest Goodwin
Holman F. Day
Walter B. Farr
Maud E. Kingsley
Maurice H. Small
Charles FB. Hamlin
Harvard University
F. W. Bakeman
Z. A. Smith
E. F. Merriam
C. V. Hanson
W. Hall
Jefferson Taylor
George B. Cloward
W. C. Philbrook
Colby
Silas Ilsley
Portland
Syracuse
N. Y
Jonathan Goodhue Fellows
Deerfield Centre
N. H
Canton
Miss
John Johnson
Sullivan
Charleston
David Purinton
Colerain
Mass
Kenneyville
Minn
Lewis Holmes
Plymouth
John Leese Moses
Exeter
N. J
Knoxville
Tenn
James Winchell Capen
Boston
Binghamton
George Greenwood Fairbanks
Winthrop
Middleboro
John Augustus Blanchard
Newcastle
Oldtown
William Henry Hobbie
Winslow
New York
Frank Bodfish
Fairfield
North Anson
Charles Haynes Case
Monmouth
South Pasadena
Cal
Benjamin Franklin Fish
North Livermore
Freeport
Joseph Cushing Loring
Brewster Free Academy Organized in New Hampshire
Brewster Free Academy trustees meet in Dovrn New Hampshire and organize under the legislative charter. Executors of John Brewster’s will stay as life trustees while others draw terms. The board plans a Sept 2 permanent organization and a September opening with repairs funded. Edward H Lord elected master Lydia Remick named Latin English instructor. Land for a new site purchased from Charles Rollins. old academy to be repurposed for town use.
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Dovrn
N. H
Brewster Free Academy
Wolfeboro
William Brewster
Cambridge
Mass
John L. Brewster
Lawrence
Arthur F. Esterbrook
Boston
John Brewster
Albert Wiggin
Charles H. Parker
John L. Avery
Jeremiah Smith
Dover
Charles A. Bell
John K. Lord
Hanover
H. Parker
Edward H. Lord
Bowdoin
Lydia F. Remick
New Hampton
Charles Rollins
Local horse races at Knox Park feature swift times
In Rockian Maine on July 5 the 2:50 race was won by George Cloughs Trim with Honest Tom and Gurney close behind. Norcrosss Sontag won the sweepstakes with Mina second and Charles H. third. A colt race saw Frank win, Wild Larishman second. A running race ended with Bronco first, Rachel second, Brandy third.
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Rockian
Knox Park
George Clough
Trim
Honest Tom
Gurney
Norcross
B. m. Sontag
C. A. Crockett
Mina
Donahue
Charles H
McLain
Hanley
Frank
H. Woodman
Wild Larishman
A. B. Crockett
Bronco
Berry Bros
Rachel
Severance
Brandy
Yachts at Marblehead Offshore Cruise Planned
Marblehead July 5 Sloop Mystery of New York sailed for a cruise to the East. Lieutenant Henn of the English cutter Galatea arrived from Beverly shore where he and his wife stayed with George H. Warren. Sloop Nautilus of the Dorchester Club also arrived. Flagship Gitana with Commodore Weld and wife on board lies at Eastern Yacht Club moorings. Tomorrow the fleet will arrive and on Thursday morning will start on its annual cruise eastward.
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Marblehead
Mystery of
New York
Henn
Galatea
Beverly Shore
George H. Warren
Nautilus
Dorchester Club
Gitana
Commodore Weld
Eastern Yacht Club
Security Company Named Trustee in Hubbard & Farmer Estate
Harvtrorp July 5 The Security Company was appointed trustee of the assigned estate of Hubbard and Farmer after the court refused to appoint John H. White. The assignment had been made to White whom they asked to be appointed trustee.
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Harvtrorp
Security Company
Hubbard & Farmer
John H. White
Morning Times Publishes Irregular Existence Discontinues
It is reported that the Morning Times newspaper started around November 1 of last year has discontinued publication. The Times has not been issued since Saturday.
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Lawrence
Morseman Sentenced for Salisbury Manslaughter
In the County Court at Middlebury Vermont Frank Morseman convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Charles G Hinckley at Salisbury on August 81 was sentenced to fifteen years in the state prison.
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Middlebury
Frank Morseman
Charles G. Hinckley
Salisbury
Underground Wire and Public Institutions Board Actions
Boston city board meetings overhaul budgets for houses of industry and correction. Major items include revised salaries for police and health officials, underground wire committee travel costs, and city charter draft revisions. Public works projects extend to sewers, ferries, and street improvements with multiple ordinances amended.
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Lee
Donovan
Sewer Department
Peters
Timothy Mooney
Board of Directors of Public Institutions
House of Industry
House of Correction
Lunatic Hospital
Marcella Street
Austin Farm
Long Island
Charlestown
J. Putnam Bradlee
Board of Aldermen
Boston
United States
Philadelphia
Carroll
Common Council
New York
Brooklyn
Washington
Board of Health
Committee On
Allen
Corporation Counsel
Boston Electric Light Company
Brush Electric Lighting Company
Merchants’ Electric Light and Power Company
New England Weston Electric Light Company
Committee On Printing
Alderman Allen
East Boston Ferries
Said Ferries
South Ferry
Board of Directors
Alderman Sullivan
Frengeres
East
Putnam
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Boyton, Burroughs and
Orchard Streets
Committee On Sewers
Sawyer Avenue
Amadine Street
Condor Street
Glendon
Allston Street
Allston Square
Massachusetts Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Dentwharf
India Street
Western Avenue
Market
Waverley
Thomas J. Proctor
Ida E. Brigham
Virginia and New York Unite In Speech On Union
At a Tammany Hall event Governor Fitzhugh Lee spoke on Virginia New York ties from the Revolution to postwar harmony. He praised equal rights and industrial growth, urged unity, and recalled Washington Randolph Henry references while envisioning lasting liberty and federation.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Lee
Virginia
Philadelphia
George Washington
John Randolph
Roanoke
George
Patrick Henry
Mother Commonwealth
Ship of State
Republic
Riverside
Peter Finnegan arraigned for wife murder in Worcester
Peter Finnegan appeared in Worcester court yesterday on a charge of murdering his wife. He pleaded not guilty and requested the trial timeline.
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Peter Finnegan
Worcester Court
New Patents Granted in New England Today
A parade of patent awards lists inventors across Rhode Island Connecticut Maine Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Notable items include mechanical pin cases finishing mixtures for cotton yarn storm windows and a steam road vehicle among many others with assignees in Boston Providence Springfield and Norwalk.
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Washindton
Sprecran
New England
Charles M. Adams
Providence
R. I
Henry Adams
Rockville
Conn
Leo F. Adt
Waterbury
Orrington G. Andrews
Gardiner
Frank Armstrong
Bridgeport
Samuel Beatty
Vanderhoof
Norwalk
Vanderhoeft
Norfolk
Francis A. Blackmer
Springfield
Joseph A. Brouillard
Bristol
John N. Brown
New London
Bradley
Bryant
Boston
James H. Bullard
James Bushfield
Haverhill
E. G. Elliot
Bradford
Octavius Cate
Charles A. Catlin
Sweetland
Moses E. Chapman
Danvers
Andrew J. Chase
Henry A. Chase
Stoneham
Municipal Signal Company
Portsmouth
N. H
Charles Coupland
Seymour
Arthur W
Amos Fales
Rocktall
Carpenters
Cleopatra K. Farrington
Everett
Abdominal
Fitch
Newton
Abraham Fitts
Worcester
Albert P
FF. Bean
Medford
Said Bean
F. D. March
Cambridge
William H. Honiss
Hartford
Andrew N. Rollins
Comny
Portland
Joseph Stone
Frederick Taylor
Lowell
Alphonzo Haven
Brockton
Caleb C. Walworth
George F. Wilson
Lawrence
No Letter Received Yet on McGlynn Excommunication
In New York on July 5 Archbishop Corrigan had not received any Vatican communication about Dr. McGlynn's excommunication. With the archbishop and secretary away, a cathedral dean suggested the letter would be mailed, as is customary for important documents.
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New York
Corrigan
Vatican
McGlynn
Jacob Sharp Stricken in Ludlow Jail Awaiting Bribery Sentence
New York reports Jacob Sharp, held at Ludlow Street jail awaiting sentence for bribery, is gravely ill and confined to bed. His condition worsened today and alarms among friends rise ahead of his upcoming seventieth birthday tomorrow.
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New York
Jacob Sharp
Ludlow Street
Elizabeth I’s London Jubilant Arc From Tower to Whitehall
A London Saturday Review account recalls Elizabeth I’s 14 January 1659 procession from the Tower to Whitehall. Citizens cheered with pageants and verses, the Queen praising the people, and a lavish display marking the royal visit without guards.
Multiple Fatal Accidents Reported Across States
A series of deadly incidents include Cornelius Sullivan 65 of Lawrence killed after a 12 foot fall while cherry picking. Others drownings occur in Taunton River and East River. Lightning kills two brothers in Nashville Missouri and two teens in Louisville Kentucky. Trains and falls cause deaths in Knowersville New York Providence Rhode Island and East Barnet Vermont. A fatal burn follows a kerosene lamp incident in Marblehead. Nellie Case 18 of Collinsville shoots herself after a pistol threat. Aeronaut Clay dies after balloon crash in Olean New York.
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Cornelius Sullivan
Lawrence
John Jones
Orange Street
Fall River
Taunton River
Louis F. Crocheron
Staten Island
East River
Bass
Nashville
Charles Weirs
East Barnet
Passumpsic
John Morehouse
Marblehead
Nellie Case
Collinsville
Conn
Nellie
Aeronaut
Clay
Olean
N. Y
City Notes FromBoston Harbor to Dorchester And Bridges
The Richmond left Boston for Portsmouth New fire alarm box 339 placed at Geneva avenue and Olney streets Dorchester Commissioners name Harvard bridge after Rev John Harvard Harbor and land board hearing July 14. Brisk excursions to Nantasket as Reeves band played. Whiting becomes permanent engine No 4 driver under Tobin act. Moonlight excursion by Young Men's Christian Association sails on Longfellow. Union services planned at South End churches with listed preachers through September.
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Richmond
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Geneva Avenue
Olney Streets
Dorchester
Cambridge
Harvard
John Harvard
Harvard College
Nantasket
Milford
New York & New England Railroad
Reeves
Henry B. Whiting
Whiting
New Orleans
Point of Pines
Young Men's Christian Association
Waltham Watch Company
South End
Clarke
Hale
Savage
Mr. Young
New South Church
Tremont
Camden Streets
Horatio Stebbins
D.D
San Francisco
W. H. Savage
George H. Young
Edward Hale
John H. Heywood
Edward Everett Hale
New Organization Formed for State Board of Trustees
At the annual meeting in Westboro the State primary and reform schools reorganized the board. Officers include M. H. Walker as president, Miss Elizabeth C. Putnam as secretary, and S. R. Heywood as treasurer. Committees cover Monson, Lyman, and Industrial schools with named members and new superintendents and visiting physicians appointed.
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State Primary and Reform
Westboro
M. H. Walker
Elizabeth C. Putnam
Boston
R. Heywood
Worcester
Monson
Charles L. Gardner
Palmer
Dae O'Connor
Holyoke
Evans
Putnam
Lyman
L. L. Brackett
State Industrial School For Girls
Mary V. O’callaghan
Music Hall Promenades Offer Summer Evenings of Music
The Music Hall programs under Mr. Neuendorfft include Robespierre Phedre and Le Part du Diable with L Africaine fantasie and Carnival of Venice. Strauss waltzes plus other numbers are planned. Matinée and other shows today feature Corinne in Arcadia at the Museum and Ideal Minstrels at the Bijou with Brocolini opera company in Tolonthe at Oakland Garden.
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Neuendorfft
Robespierre
Phedre
Ernst Scherz
Museum
Corinne
Bijou
Ideal Minstrels
Oakland Garden
Brocolini Opera Company
The Blue and the Gray at Gettysburg Meet Again
A Gettysburg Despatch describes dramatic reunions at the bloody angle where 1600 Virginians broke through Union lines. Federal veterans resume positions as Johnnies and Yanks shake hands with Mrs. Pickett amid moving tributes and a follow-up review by Pennsylvania troops.
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Gettysburg
N. S
General Lynch
Aylett
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wickett
Pennsylvania Brigade
Mrs. Pickett
Bargains in season clothing at Spitz Bros and Mark
Messrs Spitz Bros and Mark offer astonishing bargains in fine men’s and boys’ wear. The sale includes remaining wholesale and retail stock of homespuns, flannels and serges, ideal for the season.
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Spitz Bros. & Mark
Supreme Judicial Court Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted
The Supreme Judicial Court on Saturday granted a writ of habeas corpus in the matter of Francis L. White. A hearing on bail reduction was held, the bail reduction decision taken under advisement, and the prisoner remanded. Oliver Stevens represented the Commonwealth, A A Ranney and Edward Avery the petitioners.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Fie. J
Francis L. White
Oliver Stevens
Commonwealth
A. A. Ranney
Edward Avery
June term court adjourns after brief session
The court for June term came in by adjournment from last Tuesday. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Father Burns of the Catholic church. The grand jury was empanelled Sereno B. Pratt of Boston appointed foreman. After a short charge they retired to consider the presentments, which are understood to be very few.
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Father Burns
Empanelle Sereno B. Pratt
Boston
Concert at the Highlands by Boston city band
A 21 member band under Mr J B Claus performs tonight at Washington Park in Boston at 7 30 P M The program includes The King of the Owls Wadsworth Overture Mirette Gounod Terzetto and Finale Attila Marien The Huguenots Imogen Schlepegrel Serenade Spintler op 85 Harmon Polacca Bird of the Forest Evening Song The Army Chaplain Millocker Finale Diabolic Bonnisseau.
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the Highlands
Washington Park
City of
Boston
J. B. Claus
King of the Owls
Wadswort
Miretta
Attila
Marien
Eilenber
Spintler
Harmon Polacca
Bird of the Forest
le Thiere
Carl
Millocker
Bonnisseau
Lone Star Coal Barge Lands Largest Port Record
The Boston Towboat Company's new iron barge Lone Star arrived from Philadelphia with 2650 tons, the largest coal cargo ever brought to the port. At 275 feet long, 38 feet beam, 22 feet depth, she rides 17 feet deep loaded and will be rigged as a schooner after unloading. Built by Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilmington, the same firm will build a 25 ton coal-carrying tug collier and a tow barge for Boston Towboat.
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Boston
Lone Star
Philadelphia
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
Saiie
Boston Towboat Company
Driven to Death by Poverty in West End
Edward Wheeler aged 70 was found at No 2 River Place bleeding from head wounds after shooting himself three times near his home. A small revolver lay by his side. Once comfortable, he fell into poverty in later years. His wife is insane and recently returned home after her son pleaded. Wheeler was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with doubtful prospects of recovery.
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Edward Wheeler
River Place
West End
Wheeler
Massachusetts General Hospital
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